List of the best Francisco Rabal movies: Goya in Bordeaux(1999), Nazarín(1959), La hora bruja(1985), Viridiana(1961), Padre Nuestro(1985), The Female: Seventy Times Seven(1962), The Holy Innocents(1984), Sorcerer(1977), Stay As You Are(1978), Eagles Over London(1970), The Wide Blue Road(1956), It Can Be Done, Amigo(1973) ... ...
Drama, Biography, War
Spain|Italy
1999
102 Minutes
Francisco Rabal José Coronado Dafne Fernández Maribel Verdú Eulàlia Ramon Joaquín Climent Cristina Espinosa Jose Maria Pou Saturnino Garcia Carlos Hipólito
artist wife daughter duchess mistress fascinating melodramatic passionate bordeaux, france royal court spain painting inspiration relationships exile war francisco goya rise love transformation
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Drama
1959
94 Minutes
Francisco Rabal Rita Macedo Marga López Jesús Fernández Ignacio López Tarso Luis Aceves Castañeda Ofelia Guilmáin Noé Murayama Rosenda Monteros Ada Carrasco Antonio Bravo
priest prostitute sister horse trader thief prisoner bleak dreamy disturbing dark mexico slum countryside road village church pilgrimage crisis of faith mental illness religious persecution
A cleric (Francisco Rabal) puts aside his priest's garb, goes on a pilgrimage and harbors a murderous prostitute.
Comedy, Drama
1985
105 Minutes
César
Francisco Rabal Concha Velasco Victoria Abril Sancho Gracia Asuncion Balaguer Juan Echanove Ernesto Chao Pilar Rodríguez
Drama
Spain|Mexico
1961
90 Minutes
Jorge
Silvia Pinal Francisco Rabal Fernando Rey Margarita Lozano Victoria Zinny Teresa Rabal Jose Manuel Martin Luis Heredia
nun mother superior uncle beggar benefactor shocking raw unrestrained disheartening spain estate seduction corruption religion guilt sex temptation fall forbidden love transformation
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Comedy, Drama
Spain
1985
104 Minutes
Fernando Rey Francisco Rabal Victoria Abril Emma Penella Amelia de la Torre Rafaela Aparicio Lina Canalejas Jose Vivo Yolanda Cardama Luis Barbero Francisco Vidal
On the day he learns he has a year to live, a Spanish Cardinal who has lived in the Vatican for 30 years learns he has a granddaughter, born without a father to his own illegitimate ... See full summary »
Drama
1984
105 Minutes
Azarías
Alfredo Landa Francisco Rabal Terele Pavez Ágata Lys Agustín González Juan Diego
aristocrat peasant father son daughter wife powerful brooding spain estate plantation household family poverty pride class struggle sacrifice underdog wretched excess rivalry
Members (Alfredo Landa, Francisco Rabal, Terele Pavez) of a poor family obey the whims of the aristocrats they work for in rural 1960s Spain.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1977
121 Minutes
Nilo
Roy Scheider Bruno Cremer Francisco Rabal Amidou Ramon Bieri Peter Capell Karl John Friedrich Ledebur Chico Martinez Joe Spinell Rosario Almontes
assassin terrorist bank robber banker guerrilla fighter truck driver bleak suspenseful intense dark south america forest bridge oil field new york city jerusalem big business oil dangerous assignment explosion
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Romance
Italy|Spain
1978
95 Minutes
Lorenzo
Marcello Mastroianni Nastassja Kinski Francisco Rabal Ania Pieroni Giuliana Calandra Maria Pia Attanasio Monica Randall Barbara De Rossi
Stuck in a dysfunctional marriage, a middle-aged architect has a chance encounter with an alluring student, and begin seeing each other. He wants to be loved; she needs a meaningful relationship; however, could he be her missing father?
Drama
Italy|France|Spain
1970
97 Minutes
Martin Donovan
Frédérick Stafford Van Johnson Francisco Rabal Luigi Pistilli Renzo Palmer Teresa Gimpera Evelyn Stewart Edy Biagetti Luis Dávila Christian Hay Jacques Berthier
In World war 2, a German undercover unit infiltrates British lines during the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1939. The film revolves around their successes and failures in disrupting R.A.F. operations during the Battle of Britain.
Romance, Drama
1956
100 Minutes
Salvatore
Yves Montand Alida Valli Francisco Rabal Peter Carsten Federica Ranchi Terence Hill Ronoldo Bonacchi Josip Batistic Gillo Pontecorvo Stane Potokar Janez Vrhovec
A provincial fisherman (Yves Montand) angers other villagers by using dynamite illegally to expedite his catch.
Western
1973
95 Minutes
Franciscus
Jack Palance Bud Spencer Francisco Rabal Dany Saval Renato Cestiè Luciano Catenacci
horse thief grandson thrilling mexico old west strength life promises pursuit
A bounty hunter and his sister help a young boy fight to retain the oil-rich spread a wealthy benefactor left him.
Drama
1996
100 Minutes
Tiresias
Jorge Perugorría Ángela Molina Francisco Rabal Jairo Camargo Jorge Martinez De Hoyos Miriam Colon Juan Sebastián Aragón Armando Gutiérrez Marcela Agudelo
In war-torn Colombia, a man makes a shocking discovery in an updated version of the ancient Greek tale of "Oedipus".
Drama
Spain
1986
111 Minutes
Muecas
Imanol Arias Victoria Abril Charo López Francisco Rabal Juan Echanove Francisco Algora Joaquín Hinojosa Diana Peñalver Enriqueta Claver
Adaptation of the novel by Martin Santos, which describes the society of the late 1940s, where humans lived like rats.
Drama
Spain
1984
100 Minutes
Fernando Fernán Gómez Laura del Sol Antonio Banderas Francisco Rabal Enrique Simon Adriana Ozores Amparo Soto Jose Yepes
Ángel is an aging professor, a lonely widower without purpose. His lovely, spirited neighbor, Terese, interrupts his suicide attempt when she comes to borrow wine. She invites him for ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
Italy|Spain|USA
1973
101 Minutes
Vincent Garofalo
When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a ... See full summary »
Adventure
Spain|USA|Italy
1982
97 Minutes
Sócrates
Tony Anthony Ana Obregón Gene Quintano Francisco Rabal Jerry Lazarus Emiliano Redondo Francisco Villena Kate Levan Lewis Gordon
A group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult.
Horror
1980
92 Minutes
Major Warren Holmes
Hugo Stiglitz Laura Trotter Mel Ferrer Francisco Rabal Maria Rosaria Omaggio Sara Franchetti Manuel Zarzo Sonia Viviani Stefania D'Amario
A TV reporter (Hugo Stiglitz) spreads the news of radioactive monsters, growing in number with every victim.
Comedy, Drama
Spain|Portugal|Germany
1997
132 Minutes
Villambrosa
Karra Elejalde Fernando Guillén Alberto San Juan Maria de Medeiros Francisco Rabal Manuel Manquiña Karlos Arguiñano Luis Cuenca
Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner ... See full summary »
Drama
USA|Yugoslavia
1988
118 Minutes
Jorge Larraneta
William Hurt Timothy Hutton Melissa Leo Stockard Channing Megan Follows Francisco Rabal
A modernized version of the story which inspired Verdi's opera, "La Forza del Destino".
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance, Horror
Italy|Spain
1977
90 Minutes
Marta's lover
Leonna Farri Luc Merenda Lidia Biondi Luigi De Santis Francesco Impeciati Jose Maria Prada Francisco Rabal Carlo Totti
A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. When the mother dies, the girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests. Soon enough, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her.
Drama
1966
155 Minutes
Dom Morel
Anna Karina Liselotte Pulver Micheline Presle Francine Bergé Christiane Lenier Yori Bertin Francisco Rabal
nun mother superior priest father mother lawyer bleak somber passionate dense france convent chapel village street hypocrisy patriarchy religion homosexuality parental pressure
Forced into a nunnery in 18th-century France, a woman (Anna Karina) becomes an object of lust and persecution there.
Drama
Italy
1977
120 Minutes
Giuliano Gemma Claudia Cardinale Stefano Satta Flores Salvatore Billa Rik Battaglia Enzo Fisichella Lina Sastri Francisco Rabal Massimo Mollica Rossella Rusconi
The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it.
Romance
USA
1998
96 Minutes
Don Jorge
Polly Walker Vincent Perez Franco Nero Marisa Paredes Leyre Berrocal Penélope Cruz Frances McDormand Ruth McCabe Francisco Rabal Ariadna Gil Rossy de Palma
governess doctor son wife lesbian priest engaging melodramatic madrid house train stable bullfight spain spanish civil war father/son relationship marital problems roman catholic church relocation fascism
A young Irishwoman becomes governess to 3 daughters of a rich family in Spain in 1936, just before the civil war. The mom likes Franco - the dad doesn't. She becomes family. She befriends 5 Irishwomen.